Past year battling cats allergy skin condition

Posted By Tomcat (Houston, Tx) on 10/24/2011

Hello.... I have a cat that is my heart and soul. For the past year or so we have been battling a random assortment of symptoms. I am currently in vet school, but have always practiced natural med with my pets. That being said, he is a tough one at the moment. He has chronic allergies/skin issues, he has these sneezing attack/coughing...asthma-ish it seems.... And in the past year he has developed pus in sin claws.... He saw the derm and she wants to do 8 weeks of Ab.... We did 2 weeks earlier this year and no response... So now she wants to try 8 weeks and if no response biopsy him.

Also, I ordered some lysine to try, but saw it has artificial sweetner in it... Again, not sure if I should administer it

Here is my theory... I think he has a herpes virus that flares up periodically (and possibly asthma), and secondarily he is now getting these nasty, nasty bacterial infections. I started the ab a few days ago.... And he just isn't acting the same. I am not sure if the vomiting started before or after--but he has vomited for 3 days (again, not like him at all! ) I guess I am just wondering if you have any experience with this.... I would love some help. Thank you.

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Replied by Timh (Louisville, Usa) on 10/25/2011

Tomcat, no expert here but I will say what I do for my kitties as maintenace. A few grains of milled flax seed cleans the colon (about 4 times yr). A filthy colon could be the root of all the symptoms you provided. Also, I use a dropper of Colloidal Silver about once wk to keep infection at bay. Hope this helps.
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